Gonka News
Overview of the latest Gonka.ai network updates — releases, protocol changes, new features.
Digest #41: October 5 – October 11, 2026
Network upgrade to v0.2.16. Vote #112: Proposal to upgrade to v0.2.16 passed. Vote #113: Bounty rewards distribution for the v0.2.16 upgrade. Vote #114: Approval of devshard v4.2 and removal of v5. Devshard upgrade to v4.2.0. Devshard Gateway updates to v4.1.3.
Digest #40: September 28 – October 4, 2026
Devshard update to v5.0.3. Vote #111: AMD and AI ASIC support. Vote #110: GRC Proposal #4 - Refund. Vote #109: Network update to v0.2.16.
Digest #39: September 21 – September 27, 2026
Devshard Gateway update to 5.0.0. Devshard update to 5.0.2. Successful vote for DevShard 5.0.2 upgrade. Rejected proposal for Gonka's participation at HSC Asset Management Singapore. Rejected proposal for a marketing committee.
Digest #38: September 14 – September 20, 2026
Devshard Gateway 4.1.2 update. Devshard 5.0.1 update. Devshard Gateway 4.1.1 update. Proposal #105: Devshard v5 approval and reward payouts.
Digest #37: September 7 – September 13, 2026
Gonka Upgrade to Devshard v5.0.0. Proposal #104: Approval of Devshard v5 and reward payouts. Proposal #103: Reimbursement for All-In Summit 2026 participation. Proposal #102: Approval of Quant Mesh Limited for Ledger integration. Proposal #101: Changes to the PoC model list. Proposal #100: Approval of Devshard v4.1. Devshard Gateway updated to v4.1.0. Gonka updated to Devshard v4.1.0.
Digest #36: August 31 – September 6, 2026
Gonka Devshard v4.0.3 update. Gonka Devshard v4.0.2 update. Proposal #99: Support for Gonka's participation in TOKEN2049 Singapore.
Digest #35: August 24 – August 30, 2026
devshardd v5 test build for height synchronization. Proposal #98: Scaling factor increase for DeepSeek V4 Flash. Proposal #97: Scaling factor increase for DeepSeek V4 Flash.
Digest #34: August 17 – August 23, 2026
Proposal #96: Improving Sprint Stability.
Digest #33: August 10 – August 16, 2026
Proposal #95: Token Contract Migration. Proposal #94: Adding DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731. DeepSeek V4 Flash model with 380K context added to Gonka network.
Digest #32: August 3 – August 9, 2026
Gonka network update to version v0.2.15-post3.
Digest #31: July 27 – August 2, 2026
Gonka v0.2.15-post2 update. Governance #93: Upgrade devshard v4 to v4.0.1. Gonka devshard v4.0.1 update. Governance #92: Gonka v0.2.15 update. Gonka v0.2.15 update.
Digest #30: July 20 – July 26, 2026
Gonka network update to version v0.2.14. Governance #91: Temporary update of BLS signature parameters. Governance #90: Reseller partnerships and conversion funnel analytics. Governance #89: Proposal to update to version v0.2.14.
Digest #29: July 13 – July 19, 2026
Proposal #88: Restoring Kimi K2.6 model and removing older versions. Proposal #87: Removing Kimi K2.6 model. Proposal #86: Increasing weight coefficient for Kimi-K2.6 and GLM-5.2.
Digest #28: July 6 – July 12, 2026
devshard v3 update approved. Devshard Release v3.0.0 is out. Proposal #85: Internal Go-To-Market team for 3 months. Proposal #84: Raising $3M+ capital into GONKA via Uniswap — Phase 1/6 ($50k USDT). Proposal #81: Kimi cPoC reimbursement (epochs 306-309).
Digest #27: June 29 – July 5, 2026
Vote #80: GRC Proposal #3 - Reimbursement.
Digest #26: June 22 – June 28, 2026
Proposal #79: Adding Kimi K2.6 and GLM 5.2 models. Proposal #78: Updating the PoC model list. Proposal #77: Gonka PR proposal for US/global regions.
Preview: What's in the works (June 15 – June 21, 2026)
What's coming in the next update: New Gonka Devshard v2 test sharding. Improved fund distribution in Devshard. Preparation for testnet update.
Digest #24: June 8 – June 14, 2026
devshard v2 update. Vote #76: devshard v2 update and reward payouts. Vote #75: Network development initiative by Private Inc × Gonka. Vote #74: Gonka Labs: Infrastructure support, product improvement and new product launches. Vote #73: Increase minimum deposit for voting. Vote #72: Opening devshard escrow creation for community wallet. Vote #71: PR proposal for Gonka in US/global regions.
Digest #23: June 1 – June 7, 2026
Vote #70: GNK Racers: Launch of GameFi mini-application. Vote #69: Increase minimum voting deposit to 500 GNK. Vote #68: Large YouTube review of Falcon Finance. Vote #67: Kimi Reimbursement (epochs 265-276). Votes #60-65: Series of proposals from TheSoul. Vote #57: Approval of Gonka Network Development Roadmap.
Digest #22: May 25 – May 31, 2026
Gonka network update to v0.2.13. Vote #54: Network update to v0.2.13. Vote #55: GRC Proposal #2 - Reimbursement (epochs 248-254). Vote #53: INC4 | Gonka NOP - grant for node deployment tool. Vote #52: Upgrade Proposal: v0.2.13. Vote #51: Support Gonka's presence at WebX Asia.
Digest #20: May 11 – May 17, 2026
Vote #50: Performance Optimization Reward. Vote #49: Promoting Gonka through AI influencers. Vote #48: Reducing the direct participation threshold to 10%. Vote #47: Performance optimization reward rejected. Vote #46: Compensation payout for epochs 132-247.
Digest #19: May 4 – May 10, 2026
Gonka testnet for regular GPUs (24 GB VRAM). Network updated to v0.2.12: multi-model PoC + Kimi K2.6, devshards moved to versiond. Compensations for epochs 132–247 approved. Two governance proposals rejected.
Digest #18: April 27 – May 3, 2026
Network update to v0.2.12. Support for multiple models in PoC. Gonka-native Coding CLI: a tool for developers. Voting on network governance architecture.
Digest #17: April 20 – April 26, 2026
Gonka goes to the Computational Sovereignty Summit. Voting period for network proposals increased. Developer Tool: Gonka-native Coding CLI. Proposal for a node monitoring platform rejected.
Digest #16: April 13 – April 19, 2026
Gonka Film: community approved! Community support plan rejected. Position on MLM projects: community has spoken.
Digest #15: April 6 – April 12, 2026
New models for Gonka.ai: discussing the future. Gonka.ai approved Kava USDT. Rejected: Social media promotion project.
Digest #14: March 30 – April 5, 2026
Compensation payments for past epochs. Continuous Proof of Computation (PoC) for small models. Developer tool: Gonka-native Coding CLI.
Digest #13: March 23 – March 29, 2026
Gonka Network updated to v0.2.11.
Digest #12: March 16 – March 22, 2026
Vote for network update to version 0.2.11.
Preview: What's coming (March 9 – March 15, 2026)
What's coming in the next update: Accelerating request processing. Optimizing cryptographic checks. Improving stability and reliability. Enhancements for developers and network nodes.
Digest #11: v0.2.9 — v0.2.10 Updates
Overview of major changes in the Gonka network from recent releases: PoC V2 entered enforcement mode, validation became faster, the model learned to call tools, a streaming vesting mechanism appeared, and contributors received over 27,000 GNK for code contributions.
PoC V2 and Security (v0.2.8 — v0.2.9)
PoC V2 fully activated, BLS accelerated by 200x, security vulnerabilities closed, network transitioned to Qwen3-235B.
Network Protection and Access Control (v0.2.7)
Temporary Guardian protection, access restriction, new node registration pause, compensation for Epoch 117.
Off-chain Payloads and 80x Acceleration (v0.2.6)
Data moved off-chain, transactions batched, ClaimReward 80x faster, 20,000 GNK for a bug.
Ethereum Bridge and Confirmation PoC (v0.2.5)
Ethereum bridge, additional node verification via Confirmation PoC, Blackwell GPU support.
Digest #40: September 28 – October 4, 2026
Devshard update to v5.0.3. Vote #111: AMD and AI ASIC support. Vote #110: GRC Proposal #4 - Refund. Vote #109: Network update to v0.2.16.
Digest #34: August 17 – August 23, 2026
Proposal #96: Improving Sprint Stability.